Recaps

Xu Yi survived Feng Ting Shu’s pursuit, crossed the Black Storm, and entered the Chaotic Star Sea to join the Strength Battle. After arriving, he fought rival cultivators, exposed their betrayals, and forced six survivors to become his helpers as they learned the trial’s rules.

• Xu Yi destroyed Lie Yi’s pursuing force with a trap of Sound Blast Boxes and Heavenly Thunder Pearls, then traveled to Xianchun City and arranged passage through the defensive cordon with Captain Zhou.
• Captain Zhou’s authorities sent Xu Yi and other captives into a Black Storm, but Xu Yi survived by clinging to a Starry Sky Sea Serpent and escaping into the sea.
• Xu Yi reached an island checkpoint, defeated its guards, and used their passage tokens to enter the marketplace, where he learned about the Venerate of Light’s Strength Battle.
• Xu Yi defeated the undefeated guard in a selection trial and joined the Blazing Fire Legion, securing Wind Spirit Stones and Swift Body Talisman paper before teleporting into the Chaotic Star Sea.
• Xu Yi escaped an erupting magnetic point, killed a red-faced ambusher, and followed a Bald Monk until Zhang of Peach Blossom intervened in a dispute with Old Demon Zhou.
• Elder in Python Robes lured Ghost Fish with bait and trapped the cultivators at sea, but Xu Yi killed him and then turned on Zhang of Peach Blossom and the group plotting to sacrifice him.
• Xu Yi defeated the group’s ambush, killed the fleeing experts, and made the six survivors swallow Life-Death Gu before questioning them about the Strength Battle.
• The Bald Monk explained how Strength Orders guided the trial and how points brought rewards, while Xu Yi warned the six not to reveal his Fire Gang Malice.

Xu Yi led his companions through the second trial, outmaneuvered rival cultivators, and earned a Golden Token by killing Xie Qingfeng. After exchanging his rewards, he went to Autumn Wind Plain, where he restored his iron essence and studied Xie Qingfeng’s cultivation insights.

• Xu Yi led his companions through the Chaotic Light Gate and took control of a Thunder Cat Bear den by driving away its human hunters and bargaining with Lei Zi.
• Xu Yi guarded the den with his companions, stalled the White-Robed Young Master and Brahma, and survived Brahma’s attacks while concealing his injuries.
• When the Thunder Cat Bears revealed that the trial was unfinished, Xu Yi used the Great Evolution Array of Rotation to repel the attackers and earn enough points for a purple token.
• Xu Yi chose the final trial to draw out Peach Blossom Demon, and Xie Qingfeng was selected as his guardian while the commanders discussed killing Xu Yi.
• Xu Yi and the other contestants ambushed Xie Qingfeng in a gorge, but Xu Yi had to wear down his Heavenly Net Cloud Robe before killing him with the Coral Horn.
• Xu Yi entered Shang Gong Hall with a Golden Token and exchanged his points and Thunder Cat Bear cores for Yin-Yang Two Qi, Thunder Spirit Stones, an Array Breaking Stone, and the Great Evolution Array of Rotation.
• Xu Yi teleported to Autumn Wind Plain in disguise, avoided the Blazing Fire Merchant Association, and rented an alchemy room at Yi Xian Hall.
• Xu Yi used Yin-Yang Two Qi to partly restore his Black Carbon Iron Essence and studied Xie Qingfeng’s insights, which explained how Xie Qingfeng had located him and his companions.

Xu Yi secured the resources and training he needed while maneuvering the Blazing Fire Merchant Association into backing his challenge to Old Demon Zhong. At Jade Dragon Snowfield, their duel began with Xu Yi resisting Zhong Ziyu’s soul attack and seizing three of his darts.

• Xu Yi exchanged a Swift Body Talisman for the fire-element talisman-paper legacy, obtained the Heart of the Earth at auction, and completed the exchange with the black-robed inheritor.
• Xu Yi swore a blood oath to the Blazing Fire Merchant Association, then used his public challenge to Old Demon Zhong to force the association to recognize and support him.
• Xu Yi revealed his third-tier Soul-Summoning Banner and negotiated for Wind Spirit Stones, Origin Blast Beads, a treasure, and use of the Spirit Gathering Array.
• Xu Yi devised a plan for the duel, obtained a Rain Praying Formation and Dark Yin Jade, and endured more than fifty days of painful Profound Thunder Body Tempering cultivation.
• Xu Yi collected Wind element Talisman Paper, fulfilled his promise to Liu Yinglin with three Swift Body Talismans, and left instructions for the Bald Monk, Triangle Eye, and the others before teleporting away.
• Xu Yi prepared four Swift Wind Talismans and thirteen Swift Body Talismans, tested his improved body, and studied Old Demon Zhong and the Peach Blossom Alliance before the duel.
• Nearly a hundred thousand spectators gathered at Immortal Finger Peak as Xu Yi and Zhong Ziyu entered the red zone, where Zhong Ziyu attacked with seven Soul-Reaping Darts.
• Xu Yi blocked Zhong Ziyu’s darts, destroyed his invading soul sense with Thunder True Intent, and captured three darts while Zhong Ziyu struggled to recall the rest.

Xu Yi defeated Old Demon Zhong, returned to Cold Sun Peak, and won a place in the imperial examination despite Zhao Bei Xuan and Feng Ting Shu’s obstruction. Seeking protection and an Earth Soul Talisman, he built his reputation with a challenge ring that drew a huge crowd and ended with Duan Xifeng acknowledging his strength.

• Xu Yi outlasted Old Demon Zhong’s attacks, survived the Heaven and Earth Cage and Baomu Qionxiang, then crushed Zhong and killed Lie Xingkong and Elder Hong before fleeing their pursuers.
• Xu Yi returned to Cold Sun Peak, rewarded his disciples, and learned that refining Fire Element talisman paper required his Fire Gang Malice.
• At the Hall of Merit, Xu Yi claimed the higher-scoring of two examination places, then challenged Zhao Bei Xuan to a life-and-death fight and killed him.
• Xu Yi paid a spherical-headed old man for advice, learned that Earth Soul Talismans came from the Holy Court, and decided to raise his status to gain access to one.
• Tu Lao San publicized Xu Yi’s challenge ring, and Xu Yi killed Tan Lang in a single move after the purple-robed youth sent him to test Xu.
• Xu Yi refused Steward Fang’s advice to abandon Cold Sun Peak and began selling seats as thousands gathered to watch his challenge ring.
• Duan Xifeng challenged Xu Yi to three swords, but Xu stood unmoved against Sword Three, prompting Duan to revise the banner and promise to meet him again as a Yin Venerable.
• Steward Fang reported more than twenty thousand spirit stones in proceeds, and Xu Yi promised to share them with the old senior and Fang.